All Lights India International Film Festival

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All Lights India International Film Festival
Location Hyderabad, Telangana, India
AwardsThe Golden Frame Award
Festival dateDecember 2019
LanguageInternational
Website aliiff.com

All Lights India International Film festival (ALIIFF), [1] is an annual film festival of India conducted in Hyderabad. It is usually conducted in December every year. The 4th edition was held from Dec 1-4, 2018 at PVR Inorbit Mall, Hyderabad. [2] Popular Malayalam film actor and national award-winning director Balachandra Menon was the festival director of the 2018 edition.

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History

The first edition of ALIIFF was held in 2015 in Kochi, Kerala. [3] The second and third editions were held at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad. The film festival was founded by Sohan Roy, Hollywood director of Indian origin and a media entrepreneur. [4]

ALIIFF is part of the Indywood Film Carnival and has introduced some notable films such as Theeb which later went on to win the Oscar in Foreign Films category in 2015. Popular regional superstars such as Mohanlal, Kamal Hassan and Venkatesh have been patrons of the event in the past. The event is managed by the All Lights Film Society. Nisha Joseph aka Nisha Jose is the Artistic Director of ALIIFF. [5]

The 2017 edition saw films as part of 6 competitive and 9 non-competitive categories. Every year, the festival awards the Golden Frame Award to the best film.

Veteran Film director and winner of Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award, Shyam Benegal was the festival director of the 2017 edition. [6]

Competition Categories

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Out of Competition Categories

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Award Categories

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ALIIFF 2015—Golden Frame Award Winners

ALIIFF 2015—Golden Frame Award Winners
CategoryNameDirectorCountry
Golden Frame Award for Best Short FilmI ExistRadhika Prasadhi & Vivek RajuIndia
Honorable Mention Award (Short Film)Till Jail Do Us ApartMariana & Joserro EmmanuelliPuerto
Honorable Mention Award (Short Film)SymmetryRuben Van Leer Netherlands
1968You're Human Like the Rest of Them B. S. Johnson UK
Best Documentary and Documentary Feature Film100 Mules Walking the LosBruce DicksonUSA
1970Calcutta Louis Malle France
Honorable Mention Award (Documentary and Documentary Feature Film)The Garden of HopeLaurence GuenounBrazil
Golden Frame Award for Best Indywood PanoramaScarabusGérald FrydmanBelgium
1973Nirbashito Churni Ganguly India
Golden Frame Award for Best Debut Feature FilmMy Life with A KingCarlo Enciso CatuPhilippines
Honorable Mention Award (Debut Feature Film)NekroPinar Sinan Turkey
Golden Frame Award for Best Feature FilmMasaan [10] Neeraj GhaywanIndia
Honorable Mention Award (Feature Film)Ben & AraNnegest Likke United States
Golden Frame People Choice AwardSeven RavensAlice NellisCzech Republic
NETPAC Award for The Best Asian Cinema at ALIIFFMina WalkingYosef Baraki Afghanistan

ALIIFF 2016—Golden Frame Award Winners

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ALIIFF 2016—Golden Frame Award Winners
CategoryFilmDirectorCountry
Film Critics Circle of India Award For The Best Indian MovieViolin PlayerBauddhayan MukherjiIndia
NETPAC Award for the Best Asian CinemaHouraGholamreza SagharchiyanIran
Best Student Short FilmChaverAbhilash Vijayan India
Best Student Short Film—Honorable MentionValentinaMax KiddGermany
Best Documentary Film—WinnerThe Great TransmissionPema GellekUnited States
Best Documentary Film—Honorable MentionVanishing IslandD.DhanasumodIndia
Best Documentary Film—WinnerSMAJLPhilipp MajerGermany
Special Mention—Best Educational FilmTake OverJennifer AlphonsseIndia
Best Short FilmThe SchoolShiva KumarIndia
Best Short Film - Honorable MentionSenior TeacherSha MoChina
Best Short Film—Honorable MentionCancer 71Abhishek TalukderIndia
Best Indywood Panorama MoviePathemariSalim AhmedIndia
Best Debut Director's Film1st SemDexter Paglinawan Hemedez & Allan Michael Ibanez Philippines
Best Feature FilmNise—The Heart of MadnessRoberto BerlinerBrazil
Best Feature Film—Honorable MentionLautLuisito Lagdameo Ignacio Philippines
Best Feature Film—Honorable MentionMetamorphosis (Roopatharam)M.B. PadmakumarIndia
People Choice AwardShankachilGoutam GoseIndia

ALIIFF 2017—Golden Frame Award Winners

ALIIFF 2017—Golden Frame Award Winners
CategoryFilmDirectorCountry
Best Student Short FilmThe Loudest SilenceMarccela MorenoBrazil
Best Short FilmTake the ReinsEmma BarrettUSA
Short Film (Honorable Mention)ChudalaMaaria SayedIndia
Best DocumentaryIn Return: Just A BookShiny Jacob BenjaminIndia
Best Indywood Panorama FilmRailway ChildrenPrithvi KonanurIndia
NETPAC AwardHidden CornerJaicheng Jai DohutiaIndia
Best Debut DirectorApricot GrovesPouria Heidary OurehArmenia
Debut Director Film (Honorable Mention)2001: While Kubrick Was in SpaceGabriel Nicoli- Daniel Ortega (cinematography mention)Argentina
Best Feature FilmSaawanFarhan AlamUSA
Feature Film (Honorable Mention)Minnaminungu (Surabhi Lakshmi)Anil ThomasIndia
I.V. Sasi Memorial Golden Frame Award for the Best Indian Debut DirectorThe ForsakenJiju AntonyIndia

ALIIFF 2018—Golden Frame Award Winners

ALIIFF 2018—Golden Frame Award Winners
CategoryFilmDirectorCountry
Best Indywood Panorama FilmTo LetChezhiyan RaIndia
NETPAC Award for the Best Asian FilmRunawayAbhishek SahaIndia
Best Debut DirectorAmirNima EghlimeIran
Debut Director—Honorable Mention (Best Actress)RunawayActrees: Sudipta ChakrabortyIndia
Debut Director—Honorable Mention (Best Actor)KupalActor: Levon HaftvanIran
Best Feature FilmOctavSerge Loan CelebidachiRomania
Best Feature FilmPupaIndrasis AcharyaIndia

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